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New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (NY)

With more than 7.8 million preserved specimens, the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium is the largest herbarium in the Western Hemisphere.

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William and Lynda Steere Herbarium; New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York   10458-5126
U.S.A.
718/ 817-8626
http://www.nybg.org/

Collection Statistics

  • 1,033,595 specimen records
  • 591,753 (57%) georeferenced
  • 1,001,135 (97%) with images (1,015,644 total images)
  • 1,006,822 (97%) identified to species
  • 343 families
  • 4,970 genera
  • 43,532 species
  • 54,133 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 30 January 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: NYBG IPT harvest
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Apatzingania (1)
  • Apodanthera (8)
  • Benincasa (1)
  • Brandegea (6)
  • Bryonia (25)
  • Cayaponia (8)
  • Citrullus (22)
  • Corallocarpus (1)
  • Cremastopus (1)
  • Cucumis (7)
  • Cucurbita (81)
  • Cyclanthera (8)
  • Dieterlea (2)
  • Discanthera (1)
  • Doyerea (2)
  • Echinocystis (21)
  • Echinopepon (14)
  • Elaterium (5)
  • Fevillea (3)
  • Ibervillea (73)
  • Lagenaria (7)
  • Luffa (5)
  • Marah (63)
  • Maximowiczia (2)
  • Megarrhiza (6)
  • Melothria (55)
  • Microsechium (1)
  • Momordica (17)
  • Pepo (9)
  • Psiguria (3)
  • Pterosicyos (1)
  • Roseanthus (2)
  • Schizocarpum (4)
  • Sechium (3)
  • Sicydium (7)
  • Sicyos (89)
  • Sicyosperma (3)
  • Thladiantha (1)
  • Tumamoca (2)
  • Xerosicyos (1)
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